Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-11
I'd EDITION.
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ALL BROOKLYN IN MOURNING.

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ALL BROOKLYN IN MOURNING.
Impressive Public Services over the Re.
mains Of the Dead Divine-PlymOuth
Church Beautifully Decorated with
| Flowers and Filled with q Great
Thr0ng.
Nkw YORK, March 11.--An Brooklyn was in
Ward Beecher. The public offices were closed,
business was entirely suspended and memorial
,h S Tere held IN Large number Of
streets looked deserted. As early seven o'clock
Fulton avenue was thronged with people hurry.
police were stationed at the ends Of the block on
which the church is situated, and no one was al
lowed to pass through the lines unless he had q
ticket. Before o'clock the line in Orange street
was two blocks long, three abreast. The side
streets were packed with people who hung around
hoping that they might be able to get in without
The members Of Plymouth Company G, OF the
Ism regiment, OF which Mr.. Beecher was chaplain
were stationed at the doors OF the church and in
the lecture room. They were under the command
OF Lieut.. L. 7. Skinner and Second Lieut.. N. A.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH FILLED WITH FLOWERS.
While the vast crowd Of people were gathering
Outside OF the church the lady members OF the con-
Ing the pulpit and Casket with flowers The
Wnole inter1or was turned into perfect flower
ga a,r ana fragrant perfume Of roses pervaded
cred with evergreens and Gala lilies. The reading
desk was covered with French roses and vines, as
was also the chair In which Mr. Beecher sat for 30
one floral emblem was In shape triangle on
tn .e. TOP OF which were perched TWO white doves
WIN white ribbons in their bills. The facade OF
the gallery was covered with potted plants. The
pulpit was loaded down with flowers and floral
lions. The casket was placed on a catafaIque Of
white roses white carnations and smilax, directly
In front OF the reading desk. Mrs. s v. White and
were opened in
COVERING THE CAsKET WITH LILIES OF THE VALLEY,
eucnarls roses. smilax, maiden hair ferns tube
vestige OF the black cloth covering OF the casket
could De seen. There was nothing to indicate the
prese1ncs OF death, except the stiffness which per
the workers. The church had more the appear
ance OF wedding than q funeral A photogra-
O'clock before the doors were thrown open to
those who had been waiting without the doors
entered by the Orange street entrance. During
the, as taaS ane audience We're being shown to
low. sweet music upon the grand organ.
THE BEECHBR FAMILY NOT PRESENT
The first four seats on the right Of the center
aisle were reserved for the relatives OF the de-
ceased. Mr.. Beechers family were not present and
the family pew was filled with flowers Mrs.
Beecher was In the church for a few minutes be-
lore the doors were opened and left with her sons
before the crowd entered. On the left side OF the
center aisle were the members of the clerical
union, OF which Mr.. Beecher was q member for
number Of years. Behind these were seated the
18th regiment and then came the members OF the
legislative committee, who wore badges made OF
Behind these were seated delegations from nearly
evesy sOGia Pontlca OF religious organization in
CATION OF colored ministers present.
THE SERVICES BEGAN
At half past ten O'Clock Dew Dr. Charles Fl. Hall,
rooed In his white surpice, and accompanied Ivy
cended the platform. When the music ceased DR..
Hall commenced to read in low clear tones the
opening sentences Of the Protestant Episcopal
After these the double quartet, composed Of Mrs
Shelley, soprano; Miss Eavanah Alto Mrs Grant,
roth, tenors; Mr.. Brown, MI. stews, basso, and
chorus OF 60 voices, sang the burial chant "Lord,
let me know mine end" The lesson was
delivered BY Rev. s B. Halliday The Fest OF sas
musical program was as follows: Anthem,
ef Ay a
Voice" Shelley; hymn, clark, Hark, Ny Soul"
The organ was presided over by Henry Eyre Brown
and Gen. Horat1o G. King.
grafton: During It's delivery there was not a dry
eye In the house, and several times he was com
PEELED to stop for short time TO gain control OF
his voice.
The Rev. Dr. Charles 4: Hail said: 1.-THE hand
that rests SO still yOnder laid aside the pen over
page OF the unfinished Life OF Christi Possibly
the last Hash OF thought, as the conviction grew
life was to be left unfnished-that be had not told
all men that he would have them know OF that
precious revelation. Possibly as the spirit fled
ing the full knowledge came to him Of that shore
less ocean OF eternal life which is to know COD,
Christ Dea sasm v as n1 ths ss oSs
OF Christ, which passeth knowledge. we
dwell on one tiny ray Of it here and dream
put out On its Unreasonable spaces and learned
that the life OF Christ Is never finished It is the
one word OF God which is ever spoken, echoing
again and again, On and On, with ceaseless rever-
berations, down the centuries. II there was one
thing that stirred the heart that now rests from
his @ aOG 'na ae any ether that has marked
ances Of Christ living, as going
asks US to believe In him, rather than to believe
what others say about him. The radical question
OF this age has been: is there faculty OF illumi-
mated reason to recognize living Christ, who can
talk to US, and by the great communication Of this
mind and spirit directly lead us into all truths9"
last African slavery have fallen to the dust, the
question gathers voice and insists upon an answer
twill not be pu ION by any compromises WI
at, every turn, echoes in every advance in
science and art, comes up in every devel-
Spmssns Of .,,b literature a and social progress
Of the individual that can be to him the very
work OF GOd-the illuminated mandatory con-
science? In country that dreams as yet Of a
government Of the people, by the people and for
the people, that question Is Inevitable and even II
It should send the sword among US for q while in
the EFFORT for peace, IT must be answered. 1t
Is not an accident, then, altogether that the
man whose LIE has been nodded by that question
and ttS possible answers should have paused on
the unfinished volume OF the Life Of Christ He
has been man OF the people, Christward. We
remind REM you that, though the English-speaking
his loss, Americans feel that he has been a great
leader or adviser in the guidance OF all man.
ner OF substantial interests, though the leg
islature OF the state has paid him an uf
usual honor OF ad1ourning as his right
though the press and divines and orators of
all degrees are trying to compass the mighty
theme in glowing words, in words OF exutinr grief
that we have had him with US 80 long and have
lost him, yet that as he lies there 30 quiet we NAV
look at him as one who has been through all and
In all things an apostle OF one supreme thought. a
preacher OF the everlasting gospel OF the ever
living Christ. You who knew him best you who have
listened TO him here in this church. know wei that
first, last and always, In no barren or dreaminv
sense his life has been absorbed in this work and
hid with Christ In God. In the prayers which he
breathed out here for forty years so
simply, you have been hearing an inner echo "a
IL II had come out Of the heart Of Jesus. la his
ordinary teaching, in lectures and Sermons the
one thought in them has been to lead you to be-
lleve not something about Christ, but to believe
himself"